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Hulu plans to begin a major marketing push for its $40-a-month streaming cable competitor Hulu Live, a senior Hulu executive said in an interview, as it brings the service out of a test phase. But exclusive new data on subscriber numbers for streaming services suggests Hulu may struggle to sign ...

Netflix is carrying twice as much debt, relative to its reported profits, as other major media companies, according to credit ratings agency Moody’s. The figures highlight the financial risk the streaming service is taking as it spends tons of money to create original films and TV shows.

James Murdoch’s promotion to CEO of 21st Century Fox has been greeted as the answer to the years-long question of who would succeed his father, Rupert Murdoch, in control of the family empire. In reality, it may kick-off a decades-long sibling rivalry between James and his brother Lachlan.

Media company investors appear to be living in their own reality. Pay TV subscribers fell 2 percent in 2014, says Nielsen, while national TV advertising in the fourth quarter dropped 0.9 percent, according to MoffettNathanson. And everyone from Sony to Dish Network to Apple is making it easier ...